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Hell's Paradise episode 3


MAPPA gracing is with more top tier animation. Crazy how they have a dedicated hate base...

Anyway, another great episode. The Island is looking more and more creepy. The otherworldly beings on the island should be their major worries...instead the criminals are killing themselves and their Asaemon

Gabimaru is trying to convince himself that he's truly hollow...that he cares about no one...
But we can see how well he cares for his wife...and how he values her opinion

Sagiri is too strict with the rules...
I'm left wondering if him being with her will help in anyway or become more of a liability

pu7pl3:
I just discovered it tbh and I watched the first 23 episodes and really enjoyed it.
That's why I'm wondering why you guys don't talk about it here. It's better than many Anime you guys talk about here.

we've watched the first season nah

It's far better binging

Plus the first season kinda dropped off after the first 12 episodes... although it later picked up and was great again...
I remember that epic battle with the giant

When the second season is done airing, I will watch

I'll probably watch

Illusioneffect:
Breaking bad's ozymandias vomits

everyone is allowed to have their opinion

My initial quote was that it was probably the best directed episode...not that it was the best episode of TV


And I stand by that...
The directing in that episode beats Ozymandias imo

You can argue about other elements in the episode...but for direction, it easily beats it imo

You're free to agree or disagree imo

And Ozymandias isn't even in my own top 10 episodes of TV...

Kaycee7:
Sometimes, it's an LGBTQIA+ and/or minority creator drawing inspiration from their lived experience.
Other times, it's pandering or virtue signaling from the company/studio.

I don't know why some studios listen to these social justice warriors

These guys using revered IPs for their personal their activism. They ignore established lore, the ignore the world built and bend all the established rules under the franchise just to cater to "the message"


Having LGBTQ in a story does not automatically equate to being woke
but when it comes at the detriment of the story or lore, that is when it becomes woke

A prime example I give is How to Get Away with Murder. I don't like the gay scenes but I thoroughly enjoyed the series. Because the series wasn't woke. It focused on the story and characters...and not activism

ab221:
Yeah the latest one. Will wait then, even though i watched the one in Japanese at release but can't seem to enjoy if its not dubbed.

funny how it's the opposite for me...

The Japanese voice actors ar great...

BeLookingIDIOT:
Well,in the world of the blind the one eyed man is king. Based on Nollywood standards,then yes it went above the bar. Otherwise,the movie really isn't great.

no one said Gangs of Lagos is great...

LordAdam16:
About the bolded, you may be on to something.

The African Queens docuseries is supposed to comprise four parts.

The first, Njinga, has already aired to virtually zero fanfare. Angolan Queen played by a black actress.

Then they switched things up with Cleopatra. Deliberately adopt an historically inaccurate casting choice. And voila, it goes viral.

I'm not even their target audience. Yet, I'm like "wElL aCtUaLlY"...

-Lord

I've never heard about this show

pu7pl3:
I've not seen the series.
What made this episode stand out that much?

basically, season 4 had multiple episodes using different creative directional styles to tell it's story.

For this episode, the entire episode took place in like 2 adjorning rooms...and focused solely on the conversations between the characters...almost like different therapy sessions that go into the psych of different characters

And it was directed like a stage play, it was divided into different acts and scenes...
Even the way the camera pans across the top from one room to the next...

It's something best experienced...words cannot do it justice

S4 of Mr Robot had some of the best directed episodes in fiction...there was one episode where only 2 sentences were spoken throughout the episode...1 at the beginning, and one at the end...
The way it was done was so brilliant

ab221:
Still waiting for the English dubbed version.

for the latest episode?

I think it should be out in a few weeks...
It only took this long cos it's a 1 hour episode...
Normally it comes out a month after

This is still probably the best directed TV episode of all time

Mr Robot S04E07

A masterpiece

I watched this episode and stood up to clap for the director...

Never watched the original till now

cc Kaycee7

L served with cold beer

Miracood2:
Name?

Attack on Titan

LordAdam16:
Queen Cleopatra was Greek. A bona fide Caucasian Greek to be exact.

The evidence is conclusive.

There has been nothing in mainstream Egyptology to remotely suggest that Cleopatra was black. Nothing new to that effect has emerged in recent years either.

It is premium BS to suggest that this is "touchy" or "hotly debated" or in anyway related to the wacko "Jesus was Black" theories.

In fact, Ptolemaic Egypt is described in history circles as a Greek civilization. For more in-depth information, look up the "Hellenistic Period".

The truly astonishing part is that this is being billed as a documentary. Not a fictional story loosely based on an historical account. An actual effing documentary. I find it insulting.

If a filmmaker tried to make a documentary about Lady Slessor and depicts her as a Black African woman, what would be your response? Would you describe it as "touchy" or "hotly debated"? What about Lady Khama?

If skin color is so important, there are other Egyptian Queens that fit the bill. Queen Nefertiti and Pharaoh Hatshepsut come to mind. Pharaoh Hatshepsut dressed like a man with fake beards according to some accounts. That could fit their trans ideology or whatever. But they had to go pick an unmistakable Greek icon to make a mockery of black excellence.

-Lord

I honestly don't know who makes these decisions at Netflix...
Maybe they needed the attention from the controversy...
Like Velma, they might want people to hate-watch

10 years ago...peak fiction began airing

Update:

Netflix really putting effort on Avatar

For the One Piece project....that one is doomed to fail

Happy Birthday to Gabi Braun

One of the cutest and best written characters of Season 4 of AOT

#FazeGabi
#AimbotGabi

WHITELIGHTER:
No matter the PR, I'll never download or watch this movie

Because it is Nollywood abi...

But it's still far better than so many mid Hollywood movies this year and last year like Shazam 2, Black Panther 2, Thor love and Thunder, Black Adam, and probably Ant-Man 2 sef (I haven't seen Antman 2)

But you will watch these trash, but won't watch Nollywood to support your industry

Netflix is reportedly interested in David Fincher producing and directing an American take on ‘SQUID GAME’

Got this off Reddit:

In around 300 BC, Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. When he died and his empire split, Egypt was ruled by Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals. The Ptolemaic dynasty mostly practiced incest of the king marrying his sister, aunt, or cousin. Cleopatra was Ptolemy's great(x8)-granddaughter, her native language was Greek. She could have had some Egyptian or even Subsaharan blood, but she would not have been predominantly African or appeared "black". She would have looked Mediterranean/Middle Eastern.



Btw, the Netflix series isn't just using a black actress to fill the role...they are actually race swapping a historical figure...and claiming: "I don't care what your teachers say. Cleopatra was black"

Xtorm7995:
About the Gotei 13, Yamamoto said something similar when he was fighting Aizen but when he realized that he wasn't going to win without doing something reckless he was about to unleash his bankai, which surprised Aizen who asked if he was really willing to kill everyone around just to get to him and Yamamoto replied that he was and everyone on the battlefield knew what they were getting into and if that's what it takes then let them all die as long as Aizen's plans dies along with them, Before Wonderwise showed up as Aizen's backup plan to seal the old man's Zanpakuto flames. That should have been the mindset of all the captains on that battlefield from the start since they went to all the trouble of creating the fake town to ensure no civilians casualties, It should have been kill or be killed from the start.



What did Aizen actually do to Rangiku to warrant Ichimaru to go to such levels? Nothing much was shown except for a flashback of Gin coming across Rangiku as a kid laying helplessly and bloodied in the forest with Aizen somewhere nearby collecting souls from some unfortunate soul reapers. If Aizen had taken her soul then she wouldn't have lived let alone going on to become a Shinigami. Aizen wouldn't personally beat up some unknown poor kid who wasn't worth his time nor the effort. So what did he do to the girl exactly?

i do understand your point...but it depends on the person, not all captains were ready to risk that...

Besides it's not like the shinigami really cared that much about Kurakura town anyways...even if Aizen used the souls there to create the key to the Soul King's Palace...Squad Zero was still there waiting for him...

And they're sure that Squad Zero would handle Aizen if it came to that


Aizen took a part of her soul...I believe that's why she isn't strong...(Rangiku)
Not just her but many other Shinigami...
Gin wanted revenge for what she had lost... Aizen to be punished for what he had done to her and others

Xtorm7995:
Ichimaru was good, being able to destroy everything in sight with his bankai was insane and had Ichigo beat and just told him to run away and don't even bother against Aizen if he had already lost his will to fight. But to think he went through all that trouble and followed Aizen for over a hundred years waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike just because of Matsumoto rangiku was so stupid. Assuming he did everything for himself and wanted to beat Aizen just for the heck of it, that would have been so much better. His character quickly went from being a badass to below average and he ended up being the only one Aizen took it upon himself to kill outright in the battle and in the end he died for nothing. And don't even get me started on the Gotei 13 captains who fought in the make-shift Karakura town ( except Toshiro and Komamura ) who foolishly refused to use their bankai's even against an enemy much more powerful than them but will instead choose to be humiliated and beaten to within an inch of their lives and still won't use it like WTF?

I disagree on Ichimaru Gin...

It was pure revenge for him...and the fact that he wanted to stop Aizen from doing to others what he did to Rangiku...

The only way to stop Aizen was to get his weakness...

For the Gotei 13 captains that didn't use their bankais...they do have reasons...
Those Bankais can't be used in open areas where they have allies...since it affects the entire area

Both allies and enemies may be killed

TheStrongest:
Netflix can never do right by some of you..

Cut them some slacks and enjoy good movies/series.. No be every time attack on Netflix..

Make una calm down, you'll find some good gems there if you look with a clear head.

maybe if they dump their message and Wokeness we will stop

That's why their trailer has so many dislikes

oyaskii:
Saw your Edit late. Her ancestry has always been of dispute and controversy. There are many school of thoughts about it, so google just gave you the exact answer you were expecting in from your search term, She was from an ancient greek state in Egypt, and became ruler of Egypt, what does that make her if i may ask?. E.g if Americans settled in Nigeria and have a state of thier own in Nigeria, with thier future generations been born here, what nationality will they be?

she was not black...she was not an African

That is the gist...
Why black wash historical characters

Imagine making a documentary about Obama and making him full blown white or Asian

Upcoming Netflix series?

Let us continue the madness

oyaskii:
It's a docu.

it's terrible, they're changing history to fit wokeness...

From the trailer you can tell it's woke and feminist garbage

What is wrong with Netflix?

What is this woke garbage they're cooking?

Netflix need history lesson

"I don't care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black"

what



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IktHcPyNlv4

Xtorm7995:
BLEACH EPISODE 308.
Ichigo (final Getsugatensho form) just went solo on Aizen the same way a grown adult solo's a petulant 3 year old Kid and kept swatting away every attack Aizen ( no matter how many times he trancended to a greater form) threw at him with a look of pure indifference to the point that the ever so calm Aizen finally lost it and started to doubt himself and scream at the top of his lungs and argue with himself that a mere human couldn't possibly be beating him and then urahara showed up and wrapped it up like a boss
Arrancar arc -100/10

Fake Kurakura town arc...not Arrancar Arc

Arrancar Arc ended after the battle at the human world started

But both arcs are still peak...Aizen is immortal...can't kill him...

Ichigo's mugetsu form is also o.p...
Gin's death pained me Sha...loved the character...

Man was toying with Ichigo before he showed his hidden powers against Aizen

Oshi no Ko episode 1....8/10


I suddenly started hearing about this new anime yesterday...it was all over the anime sphere of the internet...it seems to have a loyal fanbase since it was made by the same mangaka of Love is War

I decided to give it a try even though it didn't look like the kind of anime I watch...

So I just finished episode 1 of Oshi no Ko....

It wasn't bad...
The first 15 mins seriously grossed me out cos of its pèdophilia and Lolicon stuff.... and there were a few more moments like that too later on...and a few cringe things...

AI is a great character and was well developed
The story and emotions itself is solid.

I don't like the protagonist tho. Having a protagonist giving pèdo vibes grosses me out... he's creepy af to me...
It's not normal for an adult to have a 16 year old idol as his wallpaper

He was an adult doctor obsessed with an underage child idol (16 years old).
Turns out the 16 year old Loli was now pregnant and he's the Obstetrician treating her...

He was not only totally fantasizing at her and using her as his phone wallpaper, he heard about the fan fantasy of being reborn as the child of an idol and he fantasized about being reborn as her unborn child....wtf

Funny thing is that he was once flirting with a 12 year old patient who was a fan of the idol and said he'd consider marrying her when she turned 16...
That's how he got interested in the idol

Even after he died and was reborn as her child, he tried as much as possible to think decently of her...but his obsession creeped me out...

The story does take a dark turn at the end of the episode...so I wonder where it goes from here...
In all, it was a good Prologue...

I'll keep watching

Oshi no Ko episode 1....8/10


I suddenly started hearing about this new anime yesterday...it was all over the anime sphere of the internet...it seems to have a loyal fanbase since it was made by the same mangaka of Love is War

I decided to give it a try even though it didn't look like the kind of anime I watch...

So I just finished episode 1 of Oshi no Ko....

It wasn't bad...
The first 15 mins seriously grossed me out cos of its pèdophilia and Lolicon stuff.... and there were a few more moments like that too later on...and a few cringe things...

AI is a great character and was well developed
The story and emotions itself is solid.

I don't like the protagonist tho. Having a protagonist giving pèdo vibes grosses me out... he's creepy af to me...
It's not normal for an adult to have a 16 year old idol as his wallpaper

He was an adult doctor obsessed with an underage child idol (16 years old).
Turns out the 16 year old Loli was now pregnant and he's the Obstetrician treating her...
He was not only totally fantasizing at her and using her as his phone wallpaper, he heard about the fan fantasy of being reborn as the child of an idol and he fantasized about being reborn as her unborn child....wtf

Funny thing is that he was once flirting with a 12 year old patient who was a fan of the idol and said he'd consider marrying her when she turned 16...
That's how he got interested in the idol

Even after he died and was reborn as her child, he tried as much as possible to think decently of her...but his obsession creeped me out...

The story does take a dark turn at the end of the episode...so I wonder where it goes from here...
In all, it was a good Prologue...

I'll keep watching

New poster of my wifey